Boat mooring apparatus



Jan. 8, 1952 w. "r. LOANEY BOAT MOORING APPARATUS o m A Q .T: Q A m m mOE 7 Filed Aug. 11, 1948 TOE A TTO/PNEKS- Patented Jan. 8, 1952 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE- BOAT MOORING APPARATUS William T. Loaney,Minneapolis, Minn.

Application August 11, 1948, Serial No. 43,726 3 Claims. (01. 114-230)This invention relates to boat mooring devices.

It is an object of my invention to provide a boat mooring device adaptedto permit a boat to be securely moored out on the water by an operatorstanding on shore without necessitating the use of a separate boat totransport the operator to shore.

It. is another object to provide a boat mooring device adapted to permita boat to freely swing with the direction of the Wind whereby the mooredend of the boat will always be heading directly into the wind to permitthe boat to ride extremely rough seas without shipping any water. Mydevice also permits the boat to be transferred-out to its mooring on thewater by an operator standing on shore. g

It is a further object to provide a boat mooring device easilyadjustable for variations in water depth.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fullyappear from the following description made in connection with theaccompanying; drawings wherein like reference characters refer to thesame or similar parts throughout the several views and in which;

Fig. 1 is a side view partially in elevation and partially in sectionshowing my mooring device in operation with a boat secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view of the mooring postshown in Fig. 1 and taken substantially along the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the adjustableconnection of the mounting post under water sheave as viewedsubstantially from 3--3 of Fig. 1; and,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevational view of the underwater shore sheaveas viewed substantially from 44 of Fig. 1.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, I provide a boat mooringdevice having a hollow adjustable mooring post I which is adapted to besecurely anchored in upstanding relation in the bottom of the lake as bybeing telescopically received in a tubular member 8 driven into saidlake bottom. The hollow mooring post 1, has a plurality of verticallyspaced adjustment apertures 1a formed through the side walls thereof.The tubular anchor member 8 has cooperating apertures 8a formed throughthe upper portion thereof and a pin 9 is adapted to be removablyreceived by an aperture 1a selectively aligned with an aperture oftubular member 8. The top extremity of hollow mooring post I is flaredoutwardly to form a fair-leader lb for the mooring line of the boat. Aplurality of windows ID are above.

formed in spaced vertically aligned relation in the side of said hollowpost 1 and a pair of opposed spaced sheave attachment flanges ll, bestshown in Fig. 3, are mounted adjacent each of said windows and adaptedto selectively attach a rotatable sheave l2 to said post 1 below thewater surface. A pin I3 is removably inserted through opposed aperturesformed in flanges II and journals sheave I2. I I

A second underwater sheave I4 is mounted on a dock post I5 insubstantial alignment with sheave l2. A third sheave I6 is mounted atthe upper portion of dock post l5 and suitable means such as thecleat I!are provided for adjustably securing a mooring line at the desiredposition.

An endless cable or line [8- is trained about sheaves l4, l6 and over thtop fair-leader lb at the top of hollow post 1 and down around sheave l2disposed far enough below the water surface to permit a boat I!) tofreely swing there- The boat [9 is securely attached to the line It asby a chain 20 and a hook 2| removably attaches said chain 20 to one endof the boat From a practical standpoint it makes little differencewhether the boat is moored from the bow or the stern.

The following is the description of my improved boat mooring device.When an operator wants to moor his boat out on the water, he merelylands at the dock and attaches the chain 20 to one end of the boat as bythe hook 2|. The line I8 is then pulled so that the lower run thereoftravels inwardly and the upper run thereof travels outwardly drawing theboat, [9 out to the mooring post 1. The fair-leader will thus permit thechain 20 to freely swing around post 1 and the boat will thus beconstantly headed into the wind to stably ride the waves. The line I8 issecurely fixed in the desired position as by cleating the same on thecleat FL. The upper run of the line I8 is raised and permits the boat [9to swing around thereunder without interfering therewith and the lowerrun is submerged, as has been previously stated, and permits the boat toswing freely thereabove.

If the water level rises during the season, the sheave l2 may be raisedas well as the hollow post I. To raise the sheave l2, the pin I3 ismerely removed from the flanges II and reinserted through the aperturesin another selected pair of flanges disposed thereabove. The post 1 maybe raised by removing pin 9, raising the post and reinserting the pin 9through another aperture Ia aligned with aperture 8a of the tubularanchor member 8.

It will be seen that I have provided a novel and highly efficient .boatmooring device which is easily adjustable to various water levels andwhich will permit a boat securely moored thereto with complete freedomto swing about the mooring post I as a pivot so that said boat willalways be headed directly into the wind to stably ride high waves. Thedevice can be easily operated from a dock or from the shore and the boatmay be drawing in or out from that position. These devices are extremelyeasy and inexpensive to manufacture and can be widely used by resortproprietors and other boat owners.

It Will, of course, be understood, that various changes may be made inthe form. details, ar rangement and proportions of the parts withoutdeparting from the scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

l. A boat mooring device comprising a hollow upstanding post adapted tobe anchored substantially rigidly with the upper extremity thereofdisposed a substantial distance above the water surface, an annularfair-leader fixed around the upper extremity of said hollow member, saidmember having a cutout side portion adapted to be disposed below thewater surface when said post is in anchored position, and flexibleline-guiding means mounted at said out- 9 PO Q a f exible line trainedover said fairleaderand extending downwardly within said ho low membe oa s r u sa su er d guiding means andoutwardly to form a lower of saidline ubmerged below the water surface and an upper run disposed inspaced relatioj above the water surface when said post is i anch red oion. and. means for attachin one end of a boat to the upper run of saidline, said attachment means being adapted to be drawn downwardly intosaid hollow member to permit the boat attached thereto to swing freelyabout said member.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1 and said submergible line-guidingmeans being vertically adjustable on said hollow member to permit thedepth thereof to be controllably varied.

3. The structure set forth in claim 2 and means for controllably varyingthe height of said post.

WILLIAM T. LOANE'Y.

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